IFSH is a one-of-a-kind applied food research institute that provides stakeholders the opportunity to develop and exchange knowledge, experience, and expertise to address key issues in food safety, defense, and nutrition. Powered by a singular combination of in-depth expertise and research capabilities, IFSH’s collaborative research model helps stakeholders define and design practical approaches to solving real-world challenges in food industry operations.
At IFSH, stakeholders tap into a unique research synergy that spurs innovation and empowers industry and regulatory agencies to achieve food protection and healthy food goals. As the nation’s only food science institute where scientists from an entire FDA Division are co-located onsite, and where members have access to advanced capabilities, such as the new Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) biocontainment space—the only working facility of its kind in the U.S. where researchers can study the behavior of pathogens in real-world food processing conditions—IFSH offers an uncommon research environment that produces solutions based on commonsense science.